The primary duty of this employee is to install, operate, tend, and test machines that shear, twist, punch, cut, saw, bend, notch, crimp or straighten plastic and metal materials. To be considered for this position, a high school diploma or GED is usually necessary. Once hired, an employer usually requires up to a year of formal on-site job training before an employee can start working.

A Metal or Plastic Cutting, Punching, or Press Machine Setter/Operator will normally receive wages of between 24000 to 36000 depending on seniority. Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic will most likely earn average salaries of Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred dollars per year.

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic are paid most highly in Maryland, where they get pay levels, on average, of approximately $35380. People in this category of job can receive the best compensation in Health Care and Social Assistance, where they can earn pay levels, on average, of $31350.